A Window on Asian Cinema

• KITANO Takeshi
• Japan
• 1997
• 103min

In "Kitano`s world" of men, violence and peace exist side by side. Two detectives leave the police force with Horibe resigning after a shocking injury, and Nishi departing to take ...

Retrospective Section

• KIM Ki-Young
• Korea
• 1960
• 90min

Kim Ki-Yooung′s films defined the expressionist tradition of the 60s, a most exceptional trend in Korean cinema. His use of unusual set designs, signifying props, and the perfect m...

World Cinema

• Jonathan Nossiter
• United States
• 1997
• 93min

Madeleine, a middle-aged English actress, is locked in a struggle with her American husband over their adopted daughter. He career is at an impasse and her marriage is ending. Mean...

New Currents

• LEE Chang-dong
• Korea
• 1997
• 111min

The disintegration of family that has become a common Koereasocial phenomenon is expressed through the two character of this film. Having just finished military service, Makdoong d...

Wide Angle

• Tang Cheung/Wu Qiang
• China
• 1982
• 30min

A water-ink animation about a little girl in a mountain who saves an injured deer. They become dear friends, but the girl must return deer to its mother.

Wide Angle

• Kim Dong-Won
• Korea
• 1997
• 74min

This documentary is an account of the grassroots, pro-democracy struggle (within the larger Minjung Movement) of June 10, 1987, that ended up with demonstrators retreating from gov...

Korean Panorama

• Kim Ki-Duk
• Korea
• 1996
• 100min

The kitsch sensibility of this film contributes to its experimental spirit.This film, is about spectacle rather than narrative.Along these lines, the underwater photography is espe...

Retrospective Section

• D.G.Phalke
• India
• 1919
• 444 ft

This film deals with episodes from the divine play of the child Krishna. With its blending of Western filmic techniques and distinct Indian ethos, it is the first definitive master...

Retrospective Section

• Franz Osten
• India,Germany
• 1925
• 6959 ft.

The first Indo-German co-production film. This film depicts some foreign tourists who discovery holy something in India.

New Currents

• Chang Wai Hung
• Hong Kong
• 1997
• 118min

The big city of Hong Kong is a splendid place, but a desert to the young, During the course of one day, Meme has many experiences and encounters people to talk to, but receives no ...